The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-07

o'OI her pouy. ,
Dear mel she exclaimed, $50
they are" and she laid down the
glasses with look Of profound as
constituent upon her face. The first
girl at once seized the yisses again
aud air ed them a. rho handsome
actor. She nodded enphatically.
They surely are browo,' she
whispered. Its perfectly plain
now"
How in the world does he make
them look blue?" inquired the
second girl.
And then ensued series of sur
misses on this important question,
and 1t was accomplished by any mum
Der of spyglass inspections. The
girls assembly concluded at last that
the trick Of make up was mice"
one, but that it would in all proba-
bility not be effective of the stage.
Sucn is the fact. The actor in the
story is man famous for the faith.
tulness in detail who, he observes
in his making up for paris, and hav-
ing the role OF a blouie Saxon to
play, it seems to hiU altogether i'm
proper that he should have brown
eyes. 1t takes clever artist to
make brown or black eyes look blue,
but in the rough the process consists
In blue pepciliug the lashes care
fully, aud drawing a Ii hit line of the
same color along the edge Of the lids.
Across the footlights the desired eff
feet is reached, and the deception is
seldom discovered.
There never was a woman born to
civilization but at one time or an
other she had a sneaking idea of
going on the stage. The notion gem
orally leaves her by the time she is
sixty. A friend Of mine had been
startled by a harsh voice shouting
out expressions OF misery. He had
made up his mind that he was listen
ing to some neglected wife, but when
she struck higher key, and cried:
"lnhrm OF purpose, give me the dag
gerl" he concluded that Doctor G.
had private lunatic asylum on his
second floor. The doctors wife asked
il | had met Mr.. Howler, a professor
Of elocutiop. Then | inquired who
was employing him, and how much
damage had he already done on the
promises. Mrs. Doctor G. simpered,
and said that she had taken a few
lessons. | looked at her in amaze
ment. She was a plain, fat woman,
OF fiity-eight years, with no waist or
neck, dull, little lead. colored eyes,
and a pudgy nose, like a baby's foot,
standing guard over mouth that was
made to taste sours and sauces, not
to spout blank verses. She suggested
| should bear her recite. A deprayed
curiosity led TO an immediate accept
ance. Mrs. G. received me, and
begged me to excuse her until she
dressed. | turned over albums of
theatrical pictures aud collections OF
plays until | was startled at the en-
trance Of the stage struck lady. On
her head she wore the trappinVs OF
the regulation Lady Macbeth
heavy tiara, with ropes Of heads
falling under her double chin. The
thermometer was in the nineties and
a red cotton velvet train, trimmed
with rabbit ermine, hung from a
heavy velvet dress; her gray hair
was covered by busting black curls,
and pair OF carving knives we're in
her clinched fists. Her eyes set and
her brows bent, she commenced the
scene with Macbeth, in the second
act. Probably nothing so funny as
Howlers lessons recited by the doc.
tors fat wife was ever heard, but
that woman was in love with her own
inlormity. She assured me she had
been said TO resemble Eliza LogaL.
Poor Elizal Now, this lady is letter
perfect in Fazio, Lady Macbeth,
Queen Catherine, Medea and Ca
mile. Not that she expects to play
Camille-she isn't slight enough. -
Her ffty.eight years are no draw.
back, but her figure is a trine too
stout TO depict consumption. She
hasn't thought OF dropsy, OF she
probably would tackle the role. One
rehearsal went merrily on, she giving
me the hook TO read Mr. Maobeth's
speeches, till | broke her all up by
saying: "Ieou bring forth men chill
dren only, for yoour ondarnted metal
should kumpose nothin' but males. "
Not the first time a Yankee Thane
OF Cawdor had flushed a Lady Mac.
beth. Charlotte Cushman told me
onse the funniest incident of her
early theatrical career. She was 10
play her famous Lady Macbeth in
Cincinnati q bolieve) aud her worthy
Thanc arrived 10 such a state of
bulge" as rendered it impossible he
should go on. The manager be.
thought him OF a comedian he had in
his company who was a fine Shakes.
pcSrian scholar, cloyer;imitator of
the then popular tragedians, who
had played Macbeth" and knew
every line OF the part. Charlotte
accepted him. In the greenroom
they ran through tho scenes and the
curtain rose after a proper apology
for the substitution. To keep his
courage up the new made Macbeth
took drinks till il was a question
which was the worst of, he or tho
leading man. Everything went we'll
enough up TO the banquet scene, when
Macbeth missed his lines. The real
article would not come 10 him, but
comic parody OF the speech did, and
We blurtcd out to "Bauqo's" ghost:
"fooun git eout; yeoun haint rot no
speculation inter yer eyes; yer haint
rot no marror into yer bones, and so
on. And my next speech" said NJ rs
Cushman, was never more appro.
pirate. Instead OF addressing Il 20
the guests ! turned directly 10 the
audience aud went on, Think Of this,
good peers, but as thing Of custom
only; i mars the pleasure Of the
time.
Tho men Of this decade arc more
or less decayed, said Mrs. Grumps
TO me. "Alonz1 has got him three
China silk night gowns, embroidered
proiuscly on tho collar, pocket,
sleeves and up tho front. And she